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Japanese American travelers being stopped on a highway, and having their belongings searched during World War II.
Several trucks and automobiles carrying Japanese-Americans citizens are stopped and directed to the side of a highway, where policemen search their personal baggage (during time in World War 2 when the U.S. government was sending many Japanese-American citizens to internment camps or relocation centers). Police officers being directed by officials in civilian clothes, search open suitcases and other containers of clothing and personal items, laid out on the pavement. The Japanese American owners repack their suitcases after they are searched. One truck open stake truck is carrying many items of luggage and clothing rolled up and tied. These are all off-loaded and spread out on the pavement for search. A Japanese American woman stands near a 1937 Chevrolet 4-door sedan, in which children are seen looking out from the back seat. The woman helps a man roll up a bundle of clothes, as a uniformed policeman, nearby, searches another one. The woman and and two men repackage and tie the bundle with cord, as a policemen looks in the car trunk. More views of Japanese Americans with their luggage laid out on the pavement being searched. One woman has belongings tied up in a cardboard box labeled: "Sunland Biscuit Company, Los Angeles & San Francisco." Under direction of a civilian official holding a walkie talkie telephone, a policeman helps people load their belongings into an open truck after they have been searched.
John Cobb, a butcher from California, attempts to fly ornithopter bicycle
John Cobb, a butcher, rides an ornithopter bicycle with wings in San Fernando Valley, California. John has a collar to flap wings when he raises his torso. The bicycle has a rocket to assist takeoff. William Modes helps him as he starts riding. Ralph Spergis lights the rocket. The heat of the rocket sets tail on fire. Tail sets John's pants on fire. He purposely falls down, yelling for water. John is caught in the collar wires and can't get away. The rocket breaks loose, which it was do after takeoff, and sets wings on fire. A man throws water from a bucket to extinguish John's pants. (William Modes later became a director at Northrup Aircraft Company. Ralph Spergis later became longtime manager at Agua Dulce Airpark. Ralph and William, at the time this was taken, were roommates in Santa Monica, both working as aircraft mechanics at Douglas Aircraft Company.)
1930s tourists stop car to view a giant sequoia tree in the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. Cars drive up the Big Oak Flat Road. Mountains and coniferous trees surround the road. People getting off a car to view the Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias. Men and women hold each other to measure the width of a giant sequoia tree. Tourists return to the car stage before driving off. Tourists on a Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage viewing giant sequoia tree. Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage passes through a sequoia tunnel tree.
Tourists scoop alkaline water from Soda Springs in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. View of the Tenaya Lake, 8141 feet above sea level. Coniferous trees surround the lake. Glacier-cut rock formation, Lembert Dome, found in Yosemite National Park. Tourists disembark from car. A tourist scoops a glass of alkali water from the Soda Springs in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park. Women drink alkali water from Soda Springs. Tents and trees found in Tuolumne Meadows Lodge, 68 miles from Yosemite.
Tourists driving in the Tioga Mountain Pass to Tioga Pass summit in late 1930s
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. View of clouds cresting over mountains in Yosemite National Park. A car drives on the road to Tioga Pass summit. A plaque commemorating Stephen T. Mather (Director of the National Park Service responsible for the construction of the Tioga Pass Road). Men and a woman standing in Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage to view mountain scenes. Car driving on scenic mountain panorama. Car passes by a lake and drives through a rough road with animals crossing over. Sheep grazing on grassy pasture.
Tourists pass by Mono Lake, stopping in a cottage at Tioga Lodge
Tourism in the Tioga Mountain Pass, located in the High Sierra region between Yosemite and Lake Tahoe in California, United States. A car driving through Lee Vining Canyon. Car driving down scenic mountain route in Yosemite National Park. Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage passes by a lake. View of Mono Lake, a saline soda lake in Mono County, California. Tioga Lodge cottages near Mono Lake as seen from a passing car. A car stops, driver opens car for passengers. Tourists stop by in one of the cottages in Tioga Lodge. Tourists view a commemorative sign that reads “First White Man to cross the Sierras Capt. Joseph Walker camped here Oct. 15 1833 enroute to the Pacific Coast.” Alkali water flows in a volcanic crater. Tourists viewing a fertile valley.